Our Nurse of the Week is Lyndsee Wunn, a pediatric nurse at Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel who was inspired to help provide for foster children after seeing so many children alone in the hospital. Wunn has been a […]
The New York State Nurses Association reached an agreement this week on a four-year contract with the NYC Hospital Alliance in which the hospitals agreed to spend $100 million to fill vacancies and add new positions. The NYC Hospital Alliance
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Nurses working in busy clinical arenas often hear about nurses who have left the floor to work in administrative departments. Such nurses may be encountered when they come requesting an update regarding a patient’s condition. However, most clinicians are far
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Many people feel called into nursing careers. Nurses get the unique opportunity to directly serve people in achieving better health. But while nursing offers many rewards, the stress of the job can also lead to burnout. Left unchecked, career burnout
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Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) nursing students recently supplied a national retirement community agency with dozens of ideas to improve nursing recruitment and retention policies as part of their real-world healthcare project titled the HEaRT Challenge. The HEaRT – Healthcare
Whether you agree with the latest trend toward simplicity and reducing the amount of things you possess, there’s something to be said for the idea of reassessing. When Marie Kondo’s philosophy of The KonMari Method™ hit the stands, people around
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VA Nurse Executive David E. Murray is a nurse leader at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin For more than 28 years, David E. Murray, MSN, RN, APN, NE-BC, has worked at the U.S. Department of
Therese S. Richmond, PhD, FAAN, CRNP, associate dean for research and innovation at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, views nursing as “an exquisite opportunity” to help people when they are at their most vulnerable. There is nothing better
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Over the past half a century, the number of men in the nursing industry has increased exponentially. In the sixties, only 2% of men were nurses. Today, the percentage has climbed to 13%. That’s an 85% increase, which is huge!
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Earlier this week, over 1,000 North Carolina nurses and nursing students met with state lawmakers to lobby on behalf of their patients. These discussions were part of the North Carolina Nurses Association’s 2019 Nurses Day at the Legislature. School nurses
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